Ms. Meg McWade, Public Works Director City of Fullerton Re: Water Rate Study, Dear Ms. McWade, Please provide me with the postal address of every Fullerton single family residence, sorted by meter size, that uses less than 11,000 gallons per … Continue reading Open Letter to Meg McWade

Your City Council has adopted pricing designed to penalize residents who conserve water and encourage water usage by residents who do not practice conservation of water, antithetical to the State of California history of drought. Excerpts of the Proposition 218 … Continue reading UNDERSTANDING YOUR WATER RATES

Comparison of 2018 Average Bill vs. 2023 Average Bill after Increases For Five Fullerton Residents The increases approved by the City Council penalize residents conserving water and encourage increased water use.  In 2023 the resident using 199,000 gallons per year will … Continue reading Cost of Water per 1000 Gallons

Conserve water and you may pay $15 or more per 1000 gallons while your neighbor may pay less than $6 to use excessive amounts water.   July 1styour water bill may increase dramatically. Our City Council approved the Water Rate Study … Continue reading Water is Getting Expensive!

Toxic contaminates may enter our water system every time a pipeline breaks and Fullerton has a pipeline break every three to four days.  Every neighborhood within our city is affected; every resident is subject to a potential health issue.   Fullerton’s pipeline … Continue reading Pipeline Breaks May Be Health ISSUE

Your Meter Rate Doubles July 1st while the City Denies California Drought. The city proposes raising the amount of water residents can use (up 68%) at a lower cost (down 39%). This will penalize residents who conserve water. You can stop this hypocrisy by attending the city council meeting on Tuesday, April 2nd at 6 PM. Fullerton City Hall, 303 West Commonwealth. “…think of our hydrological bank account– and do more to sustain a healthy level of water assets, regardless of how much rain the … year brings.” LA Times, March 2, 2019 Contact Fritz von Coelln at fevc@csu.fullerton.edu for … Continue reading City Denies Water Conservation! Attend Fullerton City Council Meeting April 2nd at 6 pm

To: the Fullerton City Council Members Regarding: Water Rate Increase Proposal The water bill effective July 1 will shock Fullerton residents.  You will be creating a “gilets jaunes” event if you approve the Water Rate Increase proposal.  If you haven’t already … Continue reading Water Rate Increase Proposal

City residents conserving water are penalized while residents who use a lot of water are encouraged to use more. This ignores the truth that our rainy weather is temporal and California will again plunge into drought conditions.  Our rusty, busty pipes … Continue reading Water Rate Proposal Going to City Council

Your water meter rate will double in July based upon the current proposal of the Ad Hock Committee for the Water Rate Study. Over the years your city government fiddled while the pipes feeding your water faucet deteriorated to the … Continue reading Water Meter Rates Double July 1st

The Diversity Initiatives and Resource Center and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute hosted a Valentine’s Day-themed couples panel with three of the  intitutes’s couples in the Pollak Library on Feb. 14. (Baylee Mause / Daily Titan) FEBRUARY 18, 2019 The panel consisted of Cindy Senften-von Coelln and Fritz von Coelln, Jerome and Adleane Hunter, and Paula and William Purpura, talking about their personal experiences and how to maintain a healthy relationship. The three couples have each been together for around 50 years. “I think relationships are as unique as the people in them. So what works for us doesn’t necessarily work for … Continue reading Couples from Osher Lifelong Learning Institute share the secret to long-lasting love